Forget tube etiquette - remember the real victims

I often portray so-called 'victims' of a lack of tube etiquette in this blog and it's often a light-hearted attempt at humour faced with the observation of, let's face it, a mix of rude and the generally clueless tube users.

However, it's weeks like this that put things into perspective.  So, in the memory of all those injured or killed six years ago in the London tube bombings I will not blog about people barging into others to get a seat, pushing on to tubes before they get off or spilling hot coffee on us.

It is the sixth anniversary of the London tube bombings and this year we have heard all about the inquest from the bereaved families in accounts relayed by the UK press.

So for this entire week of 7th July, I'm going to bite my tongue every time someone displays a lack of etiquette on the London Underground and instead remember those that were genuinely faced by very real terror on that awful day six years ago.

The tales of courage still astound me to this day, from those that remained helping the injured and dying in the darkened tunnels after the initial tube bombs to those that lost limbs and have come back to work determined not to let the bad guys win.

These are the people that had a very real reason not to use the London Underground and me in all my dramatic wailing about rights and wrongs of etiquette and behaviour and empty threats of how I'll never use the tube again should be put to shame this week.

So here's to the families of those that perished, and to the heroic survivors for whom sometimes every day is a struggle - I salute you.  The tube will be a sombre place this week.

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